# Close Helmet

- By: Dutch
- Date: 1610/20
- Medium: Steel and gilding
- Classification: Armor
- Dimensions: H.: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit line: George F. Harding Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106368)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/40c330ac49d446451649e36deb7ddb74.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

During its conflict with the Spanish Habsburgs during the first half of the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced a flowering of the armor’s art. Once part of a heavy cavalry armor, this helmet with rounded forms and crisp lines exemplifies the best of Dutch workmanship.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0